Cork-extractor.



PATBNTED NOV. 29, 1904.

L. L E. STROHAGKER.

CORK EXTRAGTOR.

APYLICATION FILED JULY 2, 1904A 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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L. & E. STROHACKBR.

CORK EXTRACTOR.

APPLIUATIUN FILED JULY 2. 1904.

2 SHBETS-SHEET 2.

A vN0 MODEL.

NITED STATES Patented November 29, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 776,152, dated November 29, 1904.

' Application filed Tilly 2, 1904l Serial No. 215,188. (No model.)

T0 a/ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be itknown that we, Louis STROHACKER and EDWARD StrnoHAekna, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cork-Extractors, of which the following is a speciiication.

The object of our invention is to provide a cork-extractor of direct action, simple construction, and easy operation; and it consists of certain new and useful features of construction and combinations of parts especially devised to those ends, all as hereinafter fully described, and speciiically pointed out in the claims.

Referring' to the accompanying drawings, which forni a part of this specification, Figure lis right side elevation oi a cork-extractor embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a like view of the saine with parts thereof in diliierent position i'rorn those shown in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is also a like view of the saine with parts thereof in still different 1positions from those shown in Figs. l and 2. Fig. 4 is a section at the dotted line 4 A in Fig. l of parts there shown. Fig. 5 is a left side elevation of the cork-eXtractor with a part of its supportingqcasing nearest to the observer broken away to show the construction and arrangement of its interior parts. Fig. 6 is a section at the dotted line (i 6 in Fig. l of parts there shown. Fig. 7 is a section at the dotted line 7 7 in Fig. 3 ol parts there shown.

Like letters of reference indicate correspending parts throughout the several views.

A A are casings, formed, preferably, oi'

' cast metal, and are provided interiorly with a serves as a fuleruni for the operating-lever oi' the extractor', and the lug A'J has an opening AL therethrough to admit and furnish pivot- `bearing B in the corkscrew-carrier B.

bearings for the jaws for grasping' the necks of bottles to be uncorked. The jaw A'1 is provided with a thumb-screw A8 for securing the extractor to any suitable support.

B, Figs. 5 and 6, is a corkscrew-carrier provided with an annular bearing B/ therein and a transverse pivot-bearing B and a transverse`unlockinglug B thereon and slidably mounted in the upper portion of the slideway A oit' the extractor-traine.

C, Fig. 6, is a corkscrew rotatably mounted by its upper end portion C in the annular Ie prefer to mount the corkscrew in its carrier by forming a head C' on the upper end portion thereof and suspending it thereby in the annular bearing B in the carrier B, retaining it in operative position therein by nieans of the plug C.

D, Figs. 5 and 6, is a corkscrew-nut threaded longitudinally and spirally at D to admit freely therethrough the corkscrew C and provided with a transverse pivot-bearing D2 and a transverse locking nut D3 and slidably mounted in the lower portion of the slideway A2 of the extractor-frame.

E, Fig. 5, is a detent-lever provided with a detent E and mounted between its ends on a pivot-bearing E2 on the extractor-frame. A spring E, coiled about a boss Ej on the lever Ii] and having its end portions included between the extracten-frame and a lug on such lever E, normally maintains the detent E in the path of the locking-lug l)3 of the corkscrew-nut l), thereby insuring the retention of the latter at the bottoni ot the slideway A2 except when released ironn such detent E by the descent olE the corkscrew-carrier B.

F is a link hinge-jointed by one end FT thereof tothe pivot D on the corkscrew-nut I).

G, Figs. l, i2, and 3, isa lever hinge-jointed by one side Gr thereoiE and to one side ot' its median line to the pivot B2 on the corkscrewcarrier B and by the other side G2 thereof and to the opposite side of its median line to the free end portion G3 ol the link connection F of the corkscrew-nut D by means of a pivot Gr4 and adapted to be swung over and fulcrumed upon the lug A5, Figs. 3 and 5, on the extractor-frame.

H H are counterpart handled jaws for grasping and holding the necks of bottles while corks are being extracted therefrom and are pivoted to the pintle-like sides H2 H3 of the lug A by means of the outwardlycurved hooks Hi H5 thereon. The portions of the jaws H H that come in contact with the bottle-necks are lined with india-rubber H to prevent breakage of the same. A U- shaped spring H7 is inserted between the hooked ends of the jaws H H and maintains them in engagement with the parts H2 H3 of the lug A6 and also normally holds them opened against the lugs HS, Figs. et and 5, on the extractor-frame.

Supposing the neck of a bottle from which the cork is to be extracted is being grasped between the jaws of the extractor closed tightly thereon by the left hand of an operator, its operation to extract the cork will be as follows: The operator will seize the lever G, Figs. l and 6, with his right hand and swing it over to the position shown in Fig. 2, during which operation the screw C will rotatably travel downward through the spiral thread DQ Fig. 6, of the nut D to the position shown in Fig. 2, which is its downward Vlimit of travel. J ust as the screw C is finishing its downward course the unlocking-lug B3, Fig. 5, strikes the detent E and throws it out of engagement with the locking-lug D3 on the nut D to the position shown in Fig. 2. The lever G is then swung downward to the position shown in Fig. 3, during which operation the carrier B, its screw C, and nut D will assume the positions shown in Fig'. 3 and the cork will have been extracted from the bottle. The lever G is next swung from the position shown in Fig. 3 to that shown in Fig. l, during which operation the nut D is caused to descend to and is locked in the position there shown by the detent E and the screw C will have been withdrawn from the extracted cork. The operation of the lever G in practice is a continuous forward movement succeeded by a continuous reverse or backward movement to the position from which its movement began.

The sole function of the detent E is to lock the nut D at its lower limit of travel, and thereby render the pivot Gr4 available as a fulcrum for the lever G while the corkscrew C is being thereby forced downward into the cork to be drawn.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isw

l. In a cork-extractor, in combination, a frame having a slideway therein for movable parts, a corkscrew-carrier slidably mounted in the slideway in the frame, a corkscrew rotatably mounted in and depending from the carrier, a corkscrew-nut threaded longitudinally to admit therethrough the corkscrew and slidably mounted in the slideway in the frame, and an operating-lever, hinge-jointed by one side thereof and at one side of its median line, to the carrier, and by the other side thereof and at the opposite side of its median line, to the free end portion of a link connection on the nut, substantially as and for the purpose speciiied.

2. In a cork-extractor, in combination, a frame having a slideway therein, a corkscrewcarrier slideway mounted in the slideway in the frame, a corkscrew rotatably mounted in and depending from the carrier, a corkscrewnut threaded longitudinally to admit therethrough the corkscrew and slideway mounted in the slideway in the frame, a link hingejointed, by one end thereof, to the corkscrewnut, and an operating-lever, hinge-jointed by one side thereof and to one side of its median line, to the carrier, and by the opposite side thereof and to the opposite side of its median line, to the free end portion of the link connection on the corkscrew-nut, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a cork-extractor, in combinatioma frame having a slideway therein for movable parts, a corkscrew-nut, having a locking-lug thereon and mounted in the slideway in the frame, a detent mounted on the frame for engaging the locking-lug, on the nut, and therethrough locking the nut at its lower limit of travel, at predetermined times, a corkscrewcarrier with its corkscrew, mounted in the slideway in the frame, and having an unlocking-lug thereon for disengaging the detent from the locking-lug of the nut, as the carrier approaches its lower limit of travel, a link pivoted, by one end thereof, to the corkscrewnut, and an operating-lever, pivoted by one side thereof and to one side of its median line, to the carrier, and by the opposite side thereof and to the other side of its median line, to the free end of the link of the corkscrew-nut, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. In a cork-extractor, in combination, a supporting-frame having a slideway therein, a corkscrew-carrier, provided with an annular bearing therein, and a transverse pivot-bearing and a transverse unlocking-lug thereon, and slidably mounted in the frame, a corkscrew, rotatably mounted, by its upper end portion, in the annular bearing in the corkscrew-carrier, a corkscrew-nut, threaded longitudinally to admit therethrough the corkscrew, and provided with a transverse pivotbearing and atransverse locking-lug, and slidably mounted in the frame, a detent mounted on the frame normally locking the corkscrewnut, through the locking-lug thereon, at its lower limit of travel, a link connected by one IOO end to the pivot-bearing on the Corkscrew-nut, and an operating-lever, connected by one side thereof and to one side of its median line, to the piVoUbearng on the corkscrew-carrier, nd by the opposite side thereof and t0 the oppeste side 01" its median line, t0 at pivot on the free end of the link connection of the corkscrew-nut, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof we have signed our IO names to this specifeation in the presence 01? two subscribing witnesses. n

LOUIS SIROHAGKER. EDWARD STROHACKER.

Witnesses:

K. A. CASTELLO, L. L. MORRISON. 

